Category: Sports

Sports include many games structured in threes. In baseball, there are three strikes and you are out, three outs to an inning, and a trinity of trinities (3X3), in other words, 9 innings. Do you know about "Tinker to Evers to Chance?" Pictured to the right is none other than Joe Dimaggio.

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Phillies Triple Play – three outs by one player

 

 

Phillies versus Mets.

NEW YORK — It happened so fast, Eric Bruntlett needed a few moments before he realized he had just ended a game with an unassisted triple play.

 
Second baseman Eric Bruntlett single-handedly secured the Phillies’ win over the Mets on Sunday, turning an unassisted triple play to end the game. It was just the 15th such play in MLB history (including the postseason) and only the second that finished a game.
Unassisted Triple Play To End Game  May 31, 1927 Sunday
Player Johnny Neun Eric Bruntlett

Team Tigers Phillies
Position 1B 2B
Inning Top 9th Bottom 9th
Opp. Indians Mets
Score 1-0 9-7

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Bobby Knight

There is only one man who pack the Welsh and can bring the Cats to the Dance.  We need to woo The General out of that West Texas outpost and bring him to the beauty of Lake Michigan.  Bring Bobby Knight to Northwestern.  Bring him back to the Big Ten.  He is the best winner in college basketball history.  3 National Titles, the most wins of all time.  When you’ve been so bad for so long, this is the visionary idea you need to have.

Hidden amongst the ivy-filled walls of the library, the luscious green landscape of the lakefill, and the glorious success of the women’s lacrosse team, is the travesty that is Northwestern’s Men’s Basketball.  Or, the new "Mistake by the Lake" as we know them.

Over 100 years, no NCAA tournament appearances.

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Mets

August 24th, 2009

It’s official…the Mets’ magic number is 3!  They give up two 3 –run homers before the National Anthem, they hit into a game-ending unassisted TRIPLE play (first time since 1927) and the guy that pulls it off has three hits.  Good grief…..but they did make offensive history….only team ever to begin the game with an inside the park home-run and end the game hitting into a triple play.  Gil Hodges is spinning counter-clockwise in his grave.